or James the Great
born Galilee, Palestine
died AD 44, Jerusalem; feast day July 25
One of the 12 Apostle s of Jesus .
He and his brother John (see St. Gethsemane . He was beheaded in AD 44 by order of Herod Agrippa. By tradition, his body was taken to Santiago de Compostela , Spain; his shrine there has long been a place of pilgrimage.